npincus
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Thu May-31-07 10:53 AM
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LOL- B*sh Fights to keep his $500M Library empty!!! |
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http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/05/28/28sarasohn_edit.htmlOn Nov. 1, 2001, Bush issued Executive Order 13233, placing massive new limits on the release of presidential documents. Overturning the Presidential Records Act of 1978 and an executive order by Ronald Reagan that made documents available after a fixed time, Bush's order allows presidents and former presidents to keep any documents secret for a long period, allows presidents' family members and others to keep the public from viewing documents, and for the first time allows former vice presidents to keep documents secret.
So we're facing the prospect of a $500 million library without much to read. <snip>
In March, to try to make the library more interesting — and help Americans know what's going on in their government — the House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to overturn the Bush executive order. A similar bill, by Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., has been introduced in the Senate. When the House bill passed, the administration threatened a veto. But it passed the House by a veto-proof 333-93, and Congress can always attach it to something Bush wants, like a faith-based intelligence policy.
But so far, the saga of the president's library features massive spending, public park land taken over for development, politicizing of information and a previously unimagined level of secrecy about public policy.
Already, the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum is achieving the ultimate goal of presidential libraries: It's expressing the entire Bush administration in a building.
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Thu May-31-07 10:57 AM
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1. Stripping veeps of this ridiculous power is getting important. |
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We can't let this crap happen again. Hanging Cheney would be a good example for the children.
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Thu May-31-07 12:13 PM
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6. Another VP should have his records available to the public |
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Thu May-31-07 11:11 AM
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2. An empty library would be perfect symbol of Bush's Presidency ... |
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It should look nice on the outside, but be a gutted empty shell on the inside.
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npincus
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Thu May-31-07 11:30 AM
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Edited on Thu May-31-07 11:31 AM by npincus
the irony of building the Taj Mahal of libraries to a semi-literate monkey.
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Thu May-31-07 11:40 AM
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4. I can't stop laughing at the graphic |
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So funny. :rofl: :spray: :rofl:
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Thu May-31-07 12:27 PM
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7. I wish I could take credit for it, but |
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you have to thank The Google! :rofl:
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